Catamenial belt



July 29, 1930. H.| GREENE` 1,771,676

GATAMENIAL BELT Filed Feb. 5, 1929 Patented July 29, 1930 UNITED statins HELENA I... GREENE, F BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS carer/intimi. BELT Application area February 5, laas. serial No. 337,585.

A recommended embodiment of the in-` vention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing which shows a perspective view of the improved belt prior to the attachment of the napkin. f

The belt is preferably formed of inexpensive and inelastic fabric tape or belting, and comprises a waist-encircling loop l having free ends 2 and 3 atrthe front, and a small Y loop l surrounding the loop l kat 4the rear and adapted to be `slid lengthwise of said loop to proper adjusted position for use. The loopend 2 is doubled back at 5 and then folded diagonally at 6 and stitched at 7 with the oblique rough edge of the strip disposed within the fold 6. The resulting three-ply portion has a small opening 8 through which the loop end 3 is inserted. The end 3 may be hemmed at its free edge 9 and is preferably formed with one or more stitched tucks l0 which provide spacedobstructions against free passage of the loop end 3 through the restricted opening 8.

In use the belt loop l is adjusted to proper position about the waist by drawing the end 3 through opening 8, and the loop endsf?l and 3 are pinnedtogether and to one end of a catamenial bandage or napkin, the other end of the bandage being pinned to the depending portion of the movable loop a. llhe belt may accordingly be comfortably fitted to waist lines of varying sizes; for the adjustability of the loop l is limited only by the length of the tape, and proper adjustment is obtained without the use of specialrfastenings. The tucks l0 not only assist in effecting approximate adjustment until the ends 2 and 3 are pinned together, but also tend to prevent accidental withdrawal of the U end 3 through the opening 7 when the article is not'in use, and accordingly serve to retain the loop 4 upon loop l against possible sepa- 'ration or loss.

A belt constructed as above described may obviously be prepared at minimum cost from 5J inexpensive materials and with few stitching operations. Hence, although it may be` worn and laundered repeatedly without impairing its efhciency or adjustability, theentire arti cle may be discarded after a single wearing 30 and substituted by a freshbelt at very slight expense. l Owing to its cheapness the belt is peculiarly adapted to be packaged and sold together with one or more sanitary napkins, in the convenient and well recognizedmanner in which such articles are now commercially Inerchandised.

I claim:

1. A catainenial belt comprising a flexible, waist-encircling loop of inelastic material 'p70 having its free ends depending from the front of the belt, the material being folded diag- Vonally upon itself remote from one of said ends and secured in folded position, the folded portion having a relatively small aperture therethrough, the other end of the loop being threaded through said aperture so that the effective length of the loop may be adjusted by drawing said end away from the folded portion, and a small loop surrounding the large loop and movable to a position at the rear of the belt, the depending free ends of the large loop being arranged to be pinned together and to one end of the bandage which has its opposite end pinned to the small oop.

2. A catamenial belt comprising a iieXible, waist-encircling loop of inelastic material having its end portions depending from the front of the belt, one of said end portions being folded diagonally upon itself remote from its extremity and stitched in folded position, the folded portion having a relatively small aperture therethrough, the other end portion being threaded through said loop and constricted thereby, the effective length of the loop being adjustable by drawing said end portion through the aperture, and a small closed loop surrounding the large loop and movable to a position at the rear of the belt, 100

the depending end portions of the large loop being arranged to be pinned together and to one end of the bandagevwhioh has its opposite end pinned to the small loop.

3. A catamenial belt comprising a flexible, Waist-encircling loop of inelastic material having its end portions depending from the front of the belt, one of said end portions being folded diagonally upon itself remote from its extremity and stitched in folded poy sition, the folded portion having a relatively small aperture therethrough, the other end portion being threaded through said loop and Constrioted thereby, the effective length of the loop being adjustable by drawing" said end portion through the aperture, saidv end portionhaving a'plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse tucks providing obstruotions which impede the Withdrawal of said end through said aperture and a small closed loop surrounding the large loop and movable to a position at the rear of the belt, the depending vend portions of the large loop being arranged to be pinned together and to one end of a bandage Which has its opposite end pinned to the small loop. I

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 1st. day of February, 1929.

HELENA L. GREENE. 

